Accusing the Badals for politicising the sensitive religious issue, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab convener Sucha Singh Chhotepur on Wednesday said that since AAP leader Ashish Khetan has already apologised for his ‘inadvertent act’ and Sikh panth believes in ‘forgiveness’, opposition parties should be beware of politicise it to disturb the communal harmony in the State.
Chhotepur said that it was unfortunate that AAP leader Ashish Khetan inadvertently compared the party’s youth manifesto with Guru Granth Sahib and later on Khetan submitted his apology. “Sikhism believes in forgiveness and earlier also it pardoned many serious mistakes,” added Chhotepur.
“Opposition parties are deliberately politicising this issue. Better they should fight us politically,” he said.
Chhotepur said that during lok Sabha poll campaign, Punjab Cabinet Minister Bikram Singh Majithia, while getting overboard of ‘sycophancy’, desecrated the “gurbani” in praise of Arun Jaitley, but later he submitted apology and Sikh panth had pardoned him.
Even Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had committed a ‘blunder’ by terming him “bahadur” in comparison with Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, Chhotepur said adding that even PPCC chief Capt Amarinder
Singh also committed religious mistake by taking oath having ‘gutka’ in his hand while wearing shoes at Bathinda during his coronation ceremony.
He said that party’s Manifesto Committee head Kanwar Sandhu and Khetan also submitted apology for publishing mistakes on the front page of the youth manifesto of AAP.